"Middle Tennessee (28-4), with an RPI of 36, will be on the bubble. Conference USA has been a one-bid league since 2013."

That's a damned shame, and it says it all about the status of C-USA as a basketball league. If the only way that a team with that record can get in is by winning the conference tournament, that's a crushing indictment of the bottom half of the league. Unfortunately, UAB drags the RPI down this year.

The format for the C-USA tournament has not changed since we had teams like UL, Cincy, Memphis, DePaul, etc... have we outgrown... under grown this format?

This may be a bad idea, but if its about tickets sold, let the 1 seed host teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 & the 2 seed host 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, & 11. Tue-Thu & the winners facing off at a home of highest remaining seed Saturday. Same setup for women. If one school has men & women in top 2, they choose which tournament to host, and 3 seed gets the other tournament.

(03-11-2017 02:17 PM)ICB Wrote: The format for the C-USA tournament has not changed since we had teams like UL, Cincy, Memphis, DePaul, etc... have we outgrown... under grown this format?

This may be a bad idea, but if its about tickets sold, let the 1 seed host teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 & the 2 seed host 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, & 11. Tue-Thu & the winners facing off at a home of highest remaining seed Saturday. Same setup for women. If one school has men & women in top 2, they choose which tournament to host, and 3 seed gets the other tournament.

I also feel downgrade of CUSA has hurt UAB attendance greatly.

Logistically, most teams can't handle that, especially on short notice. Often seed aren't set until the last day. For example this year, where are that many teams going to stay in Ruston La.

Yep, but its not a situation that's unique to C-USA. I don't think its really about things to do. Its more to do with quality and rivalry of teams playing. In addition, C-USA is so spread out attendance will always suck. Traveling to or from El Paso when your team has no shot is not gonna happen. There needs to be a strong top half of the conference with rivalries among them for multiple years.